The menace of malnutrition - Achieving a food-secure Pakistan Tawanger Hussein from LEAD Pakistan outlines the challenges policy makers in Pakistan are confronted with as it works towards suitable policies for ensuring a “Food Secure” Pakistan.

Escaping the fuel subsidy trap in Indonesia Dina Khan, Country Programme Manager, CDKN Asia, takes an in-depth look at President Joko Widodo's attempts at overhauling Indonesia’s politically sensitive fuel subsidy programme. Will he have better luck than his predecessors?

CDKN project in Pakistan to help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises meet energy challenges Khizer F. Omer, Country Programme Manager, CDKN Asia, writes about CDKN’s renewable energy-based industrial solutions and the way forward for a beleaguered industrial sector.

Pakistan ready to set a roadmap for reducing carbon emissions The government with contributions from with line ministries and experts from Pakistan and abroad including CDKN, officially launched a six-month national consultative dialogue to develop Pakistan’s contributions to limit global temperature rise below 2C.

Introducing renewable energy franchising for rural electrification in India Rakesh Khanna and Priyali Bhardwaj of TARA explore how a 'Climate and Development Business Network' initiative backed by CDKN, TARA and cKinetics is introducing new technologies to improve energy access in rural India - in a climate-friendly way.

Adapting to climate change in the hydroelectricity sector in Nepal Dr Divas B. Basnyat from the Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) discusses Nepal’s dependence on hydroelectricity and the work being done by CDKN and its partners to help the Government overcome climate change challenges faced by this sector.

IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Findings shared in Nepal CDKN, with their partners in Nepal disseminated the findings of IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report in Kathmandu, with a specific focus on implications for Nepal. Pawan K Neupane and Dr Bimala Devkota from NCCKMC-NAST write about the event and its success.

Bangladesh's Contribution to the Climate Change Solution (INDCs) Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN's Country Programme Manager for Bangladesh reflects on Bangladesh's leading role as an LDC in preparing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

Projects across Asia hope to unite disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation efforts Five CDKN-funded projects across South Asia aim to integrate disaster risk reduction measures with efforts to adapt to climate change.

What does IPPC’s Fifth Assessment Report mean for Punjab, Pakistan? Environmental journalist Rina Saeed Khan writes about the launch of the IPCC’s AR5 at the sub national level in Pakistan and the importance of its findings for climate compatible development in Punjab.

Vibrant Gujarat - Evaluating Ahmedabad's Heat Action Plan Nehmat Kaur from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) writes about the project and ongoing efforts to deepen and expanding heat health action in India.

Join CDKN for a discussion on ‘What next for the IPCC’? CDKN will be hosting a special session at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) on 7th February 2015 on what and how the IPCC should focus on.